Spinnaker Island
Spinnaker Island is an island in the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor in Massachusetts, USA. The island is part of the town of Hull, to which it is connected by a bridge, and is one of the few harbor islands that neither forms part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area nor is considered within the municipal limits of the city of Boston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Fort Duval Island”, “Hog Island”, “Hogg Island”, “Little Hog Island”, and “Park Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bumpkin Island and Peddocks Island.
Bumpkin Island
Islet
Bumpkin Island, also known as Round Island, Bomkin Island, Bumkin Island, or Ward's Island, is an island in the Hingham Bay area of the Boston Harbor. Bumpkin Island is part of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park.
Peddocks Island
Park
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peddocks Island is one of the largest islands in Boston Harbor. Since 1996 it has formed part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the island is home to the now-defunct Fort Andrews…
Georges Island
Park
Georges Island is one of the islands in the Boston Harbor, situated just over 7 miles from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 39 acres, and rises to a height of 50 feet above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hull and Fort Warren.
Hull
Hull is a town in Massachusetts in the South Shore region. The town is a series of islands connected by sandbars and causeways that comprise the Nantasket peninsula. The beaches are among the best in New England with fine gray sands.
Fort Warren
Hamlet
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Warren is a historic fort on the 28-acre Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is named for Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride, and was later killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Hingham
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.
Spinnaker Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.30052° or 42° 18′ 2″ northLongitude
-70.89634° or 70° 53′ 47″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JF8423+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 358276378OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Chinese—“Spinnaker Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Spinnaker Island (pulo sa Tinipong Bansa)”
- Cebuano: “Spinnaker Island”
- Chinese: “大三角帆島”
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